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The senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has urged opposition presidential candidates to make President Bola Tinubu’s performance in office, rather than his academic credentials, the central issue of the 2027 election campaign. Ndume said the renewed controversy over Tinubu’s educational records was distracting political parties from issues that directly affect Nigerians. The All Progressive Congress senator made the remarks in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, where he argued that opposition candidates should present concrete alternatives to the policies of the Tinubu administration instead of dwelling on the President’s certificates. “The narrative around his certificate is distracting. What…

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration of hypocrisy over its handling of petroleum-sector interventions, arguing that the government cannot claim to have abolished subsidy while simultaneously granting tax credits, concessions and other fiscal incentives to major operators in the oil and gas industry. Atiku, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said the administration’s celebration of subsidy removal was misleading because Nigerians had continued to bear the cost of government interventions in the petroleum sector through various forms of under-recovery and energy-security expenditure. He…

The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Accord have traded accusations over a shooting at a motor park in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area, which left a commercial driver and a passenger dead. The APC alleged that political thugs linked to Accord abducted and tortured one of its members, Sunkanmi Abiodun, at a motor park before attacking police officers who responded to a distress call. Accord, however, accused the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Irewole Division, Bamidele Olatona, of opening fire on unarmed civilians. The APC, in a statement signed by its Director of Media and…

US President Donald Trump has warned his voter base that he expects he will be impeached if the Republicans lose control of Congress in November’s midterm elections. Speaking at a rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Trump urged Republicans to turn out, saying they would “lose everything” if Democrats took control of Congress. “I’m going to be impeached. They’re going to impeach me. They have no idea why,” Trump said. Trump is the only US president to have been impeached twice, although he was acquitted by the Senate on both occasions. Trump said a Democratic victory would threaten his administration’s…

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has claimed that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has stabilised the foreign exchange rate. She, however, said Nigeria is not out of the woods yet, as citizens have yet to feel the impact of the government’s economic reforms. CityNews reports that Ezekwesili shared her thoughts in an interview on News Central Television. She said, “The only thing that, as I said at the beginning, we can give to them is that they are getting a handle on macroeconomic stability. So, for example, the volatility we have with foreign exchange rate is quieter because they are abiding by…

KEY TAKEAWAYS The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Rasheed Ladoja, said President Bola Tinubu is president of all Nigerians and deserves to remain in office long-term. Oba Rasheed Ladoja spoke on Monday in Ogun State at the Ibadan-Ijebu Road dualisation flag-off, saying it was not an APC rally. The monarch said kidnappings had occurred along the Ibadan-Ijebu Road and argued the reconstruction will boost safety, connectivity and the APC’s election chances. The Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Rasheed Ladoja, has said President Bola Tinubu’s performance should not be evaluated purely from a partisan perspective. CityNews reports that Ladoja, speaking on Monday at the flag-off ceremony…

Nigeria’s ambassador to South Africa, Femi Fani-Kayode, has renewed his criticism of former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai. In fresh allegations, Fani-Kayode accused El-Rufai of persecuting Christians and marginalising Christian communities during his eight years in office as governor. Fani-Kayode made the allegations during a meeting with the Chairman of the Northern Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Joseph Hayab, and his entire Executive Council, while speaking about the growing political disagreement between El-Rufai and his successor, Governor Uba Sani. According to him, the treatment of Christians under El-Rufai went beyond political differences and amounted to discrimination against some communities…

Former Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has called for greater religious tolerance in Nigeria, stressing that religion should unite people rather than create division. According to a statement made available to PUNCH Online on Monday, Fashola spoke on Sunday at the annual “God in My Life” lecture organised by the Torchbearer Society of the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral (AVMCC), Ikeja GRA, Lagos. The former governor, who is a Muslim, said faith should remain a personal conviction and should never be imposed on others. He urged Nigerians of different religious backgrounds to respect one another, noting that peaceful…

The Presidency has urged Nigerians to reject former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s promise to restore fuel subsidy. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, made the call in a statement posted on X while reacting to Atiku’s recent position on petrol subsidy. According to Dare, the proposal as a risky political scheme that could damage the country’s economic progress. Dare accused the former vice president of changing his position on subsidy removal for political reasons, arguing that Atiku had previously supported the removal of the scheme but was now promising to restore it…

KEY TAKEAWAYS campaign spokesperson for ADC presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Kenneth Okonkwo, attacked President Bola Tinubu’s petrol subsidy removal, saying it worsened hardship and devalued the naira. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Okonkwo said petrol sells for about ₦1,300 per litre, so filling a 100-litre tank costs ₦130,000, nearly twice ₦70,000 minimum wage. Okonkwo said Atiku’s Fuel Affordability Plan would supply crude to local refineries at affordable rates to cut petrol prices, not return to the old subsidy regime. The 2027 presidential campaign spokesperson for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Kenneth Okonkwo, has criticised the removal of…